Delusional misidentification of familiar inanimate objects. A rare variant of Capgras syndrome.
A 52-year-old woman presented exclusively with delusional misidentification of inanimate objects in the context of a short-lived acute psychotic episode. Certain theories are useful in understanding the formation of delusions of doubles in the patient (e.g. processes intrinsic to the depersonalisation/derealisation phenomena may have been aetiologically significant), but the actual choice of objects remains difficult to explain.
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Rotherham District General Hospital.
Fewtrell
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D002194:Capgras Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003020:Clothing; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006794:Household Articles; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012934:Social Isolation
D002746:Chlorpromazine